Status Updates From 15 Minutes of Flame (Nantuc...

”She was a good friend.”
No, she was not. A good friend would have destroyed the map, not leave an infant somewhere in a field.

How wonderful /sarcasm.
Neal is taking care of his own child for ten minutes so his wife can get a muffin.

I don’t think Belows can take over the excavation. The job was given to the anthropology deprtment of Boston U. They assigned Solder to do the work. Now that he is dead, they must assign someone else. I doubt it will be someone that has never worked with them.

”Did you call the police?” I said.

No need. There’s one parked right out front.

Stella should have sprung for a rope ladder with two hooks - one for each rope - it would not have spun her around so much.

all I had was a folding table.
Which is a lousy hiding place. It doesn’t obscure a person underneath it from view.

Nantucket must have a very large policeforce, if they have officers to spare to sit around at night to guard a crime scene. Though not enough officers to finish the job of gathering evidence all in one session.

Business must be going great for Stella. She’s willing to spend a few hundred dollars on equipment just to satisfy her curiosity.

”We were on a date,” I said, regretting my comment the moment I said it. I had forgotten Andy’s sad voice when he had spoken to Georgianna earlier.

Eye-roll. Just because your friend’s love life isn’t working out for him, doesn’t mean you’re responsible for his happiness.

Huh? And what does she think of a living person talking to a dead person?

I had to reread the scene a couple of times, as one moment Stella is stepping out of the house while taking a phone call and the next she is driving doen the road.

”Robert Solder was murdered?” said Peter.

How long would it be on a small island for the local press to learn of a local murder? Doesn’t he have a police scanner or something to pick up 911 calls so he knows where the news is?

You should see how good our service is when we dine out.
Good service because he likes to pick fights?

Conventional wisdpm is: don’t mess with the people that make or serve you your food.

Things will always make “logical” sense in the end, but I’m trying to line up
- scientists decided yesterday to go down well
- someone had time to chop a big tree
- that person knew (?) there was a map in the well

Go strictly for comfort, the cop says, and while you’re at, try to find out if she had means and motive to kill.

Starting CPR without checking for a pulse.

Out of nowhere a tree falls.
??

I like some explanations, such as recent storms or the tree being dead.

Wouldn’t there be water at the bottom of the well?